More than 4,100 Software/System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) professionals around the world completed the survey in August and September of 2010. This white paper presents the findings from the survey, and compares the findings to results from the 2009 BA Salary Survey, from 2009.

The information is presented in four sections. The first section reviews basic demographic data collected. The second section covers demographic information specifically related to BA work. The third section breaks out salary and reports on how respondents feel toward their salary and role in the future. The fourth section provides a salary analysis, taking demographic data gathered and showing how it impacts salary (both positively and negatively). There are several interesting results presented in this last section.